Video contextual advertisements using speech recognition

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of a computer-implemented advertisement display system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a speech recognition component that processes a video clip and produces a corresponding collection of speech recognition data indicative of an audio portion of the video clip. The system also includes a collection of advertising material. An advertisement selection component selects an advertisement from the collection of advertising material based on the corresponding collection of speech recognition data. The system also includes a display. An advertisement presentation component displays an indication of the selected advertisement on the display during a simultaneous display of the video clip.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is a continuation of and claims priority of U.S.patent application Ser. No. 12/134,214, filed Jun. 6, 2008, which isbased on and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent applicationSer. No. 61/025,498, filed Feb. 1, 2008, the content of which is herebyincorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Currently, various content targeted advertising schemes enable theplacement of advertisements on Web pages with subject matter similar tothat of the advertised product or service. Some schemes implementautomated components that select and serve the advertisements based oncontent displayed by the user. Methods for tailoring advertisements toapproximate a consistency with the subject matter of proximatelydisplayed textual content have become sophisticated and well refined.

In contrast, methods for tailoring advertisements to approximate thesubject matter of non-textual types of media (video, audio, podcasts,etc.) have not been as fully explored or developed. In fact, focusingadvertisements relative to media content such as video on the Web hasproven to be a difficult undertaking. Accordingly, advertisements areoften not particularly well related to corresponding, non-textualcontent. Often times, in order to obtain a more focused result in such ascenario, advertisements must be manually selected and assigned toapproximate consistency with the subject matter of a particularcollection of non-textual content.

The discussion above is merely provided for general backgroundinformation and is not intended for use as an aid in determining thescope of the claimed subject matter.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of a computer-implemented advertisement display system aredisclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a speech recognitioncomponent that processes a video clip and produces a correspondingcollection of speech recognition data indicative of an audio portion ofthe video clip. The system also includes a collection of advertisingmaterial. An advertisement selection component selects an advertisementfrom the collection of advertising material based on the correspondingcollection of speech recognition data. The system also includes adisplay. An advertisement presentation component displays an indicationof the selected advertisement on the display during a simultaneousdisplay of the video clip.

This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in asimplified form that are further described below in the DetailedDescription. This Summary is not intended to identify key features oressential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended foruse as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.The claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solveany or all disadvantages noted in the background.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a video contextual advertisementsystem.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram of a process for selecting/retrievingadvertisements based on video content.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram demonstrating an advertisementselection process.

FIG. 4 is an example screen shot.

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration demonstrating how ads are assigned todifferent video chapters.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a computing system environment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of the present invention pertain to systems and methods fortailoring advertisements to approximate the subject matter ofnon-textual types of media. In order to provide an illustrative context,embodiments will be described in relation to a specific type of media,namely video. It is to be understood; however, that the scope of thepresent invention not limited to video. Those skilled in the art willappreciate that same or similar methods and systems can just as easilybe applied to other types of non-textual types of media. Embodiments areparticularly well suited for audio-oriented types of media including,but certainly not limited to podcasts, audio news programs, music andthe like.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a video contextual advertisement system100. System 100 includes a speech recognition component 104. Component104 receives video data 102, which is illustratively a digitized videoclip, and processes it in order to extract corresponding recognizedspeech data 106. Data 106 is illustratively a transcript of words spoken(or sung, etc.) within video data 102 (e.g., within the video clip).

Recognized speech data 106 is provided to an advertisement selectioncomponent 108. Component 108 analyzes data 106 and, based on thatanalysis, selects well suited advertisements from a collection 109 ofadvertising materials. For example, in one embodiment, component 108selects advertisements that are similar in terms of subject matter tothe subject matter of some or all of the recognized speech. In anotherembodiment, component 108 determines a speaker (or singer, etc.)associated with some or all of the recognized speech, and then selectsadvertisements that are connected in some way to that speaker. These arejust two examples of how component 108 can be configured to selectadvertisements from materials 109 based on the speech recognition data106. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that these and many otheralternatives should be considered within the scope of the presentinvention. Additional examples of other possibilities will be discussedbelow in relation to other Figures.

Upon selection of advertisements from materials 109, an indication 110of the selections is provided to an advertisement presentation component112. In one embodiment, data 110 includes actual advertisements. Inother embodiment, data 110 also or instead includes a referenceindicating from where the actual advertisement or advertisements can beretrieved. In one embodiment, data 110 includes an indication of whichadvertisement(s) should be displayed with which recognized speech, orwhich speaker, etc.

Advertisement presentation component 112 facilitates presentation of theadvertisement(s) selected by component 108. In one embodiment, component112 presents the ads in close proximity to a simultaneous presentationof the video upon which the ad selection process was based. In oneembodiment, even more narrowly, each ad is presented upon output ofaudio corresponding to the recognized speech upon which the ad wasselected.

For illustratively purposes, advertisement presentation component 112 isshown in conjunction with a display 114. The display includes apresentation 116 of video (e.g., a video clip). The video illustrativelyis the same as, or corresponds directly to, video data 102. Component112 facilitates a simultaneous presentation 118 of one or moreadvertisements 118, as has been described.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the actual form of thepresented advertisement(s) 118 will vary. The advertisement might bepurely visual in nature, such as a banner advertisement or a hyperlink(e.g., a link to a point of commerce or an advertiser-sponsoredcollection content) within a displayed transcript of words being spokenin the video presentation. In one embodiment, the advertisement is ahighlighted word included within the displayed transcript, thehighlighted word being selectable so as to trigger a display ofadvertising material (e.g., clicking on or simply mousing over thehighlighted word initiates retrieval and display of associatedadvertising content). These and many other alternatives should beconsidered within the scope of the present invention. Additionalexamples of other possibilities will be discussed below in relation toother Figures.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that there are many options forconfiguring advertisement selection component 108 to assignadvertisements as described herein. In one embodiment, an analysiscomponent 120 processes recognized data 106 and, based on that analysis,provides a set of analytical data 122 to component 108. Data 106 isillustratively a transcript of recognized speech data, whereasanalytical data is more than a simple transcript, such as a derivedinterpretation of what some or all of the recognized speech representsin a practical sense. For example, data 122 can be representative of whospoke during one or more speech segments represented in data 106.Alternatively, data 122 can be representative of, in a broad categoricalsense, what was being spoken about during one or more speech segmentsrepresented in data 106. In one embodiment, component 108 is programmedwith enough intelligence to select and assign advertisements based ondata 106, based on data 122, and/or based on a combination of data 106and 122.

In one embodiment, components 104 and 120 are programmed to applyacoustic and conversational analysis so as to segment video data 102into unique segments corresponding to different speaker characteristics(e.g., speaker identity, speaker gender, etc.) and/or different topics.Dividing the content into different topics enables advertisementselection component 108 to target an advertisement for a particulartopic when that topic is being displayed or otherwise output. Forexample, a topic-specific advertisement can be timed for display while asegment of the video that corresponds to that topic is being displayedto the user. Similarly, dividing the content based on who is speakingenables selection component 108 to time an advertisement to correspondto appearances of a particular individual(s) included in the video clip.In one embodiment, this segmentation can be done at various scales—i.e.the entire video can be treated as one conversation or eachsub-conversation can be targeted separately, thereby enabling multipleopportunities for the assignment of advertisements.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that topic analysis and speakeridentity analysis are simply examples. Speech recognition data 106 canbe processed and analyzed in many different ways to produce manypotential data sets. It is within the scope of the present invention toincorporate any such data set into the selection and assignment ofadvertising material.

In one embodiment, a component 120 processes data 106 and identifieskeywords contained in the transcript of recognized speech. Thosekeywords are provided to the advertisement selection component 108(e.g., as data 122). Component 108 then selects one or morecorresponding advertisements. Based on information received fromcomponent 108, ad presentation component 112 manages presentation of theadvertisements in association with the corresponding keywords. Forexample, in one embodiment, an advertisement is presented on display 114when the corresponding keyword occurs within the speech output of videopresentation 116. In another embodiment, the keyword is highlighted(e.g., appears as a hyperlink) within a speech transcript 121 thatappears on display 114, the highlighting being an indication that theuser can click the keyword and navigate to advertiser-sponsored content.In one embodiment, selecting a keyword triggers presentation of acorresponding advertisement, such as, but not limited to a banneradvertisement.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram of a process 200 for selecting/retrievingadvertisements based on video content. In accordance with block 202,video data (e.g., a video clip) is provided. In accordance with block204, audio is extracted from the video data. In accordance with block206, a speech recognizer processes the audio data and develops acorresponding text transcript of recognized speech. In accordance withblock 208, one or more of supplemental analysis schemes are applied tothe transcript and/or the audio data in order to derive additionalinformation about the video (e.g., the transcript is subject toconversation analysis to identify features of the audio such as subjectmatter, the audio is subjected to acoustic analysis to identify sourcesof speech, etc.). In accordance with block 210, the transcript canoptionally be divided into segments based on the result of supplementalanalysis 208 (e.g. chapters, topics). In accordance with block 212,keywords can optionally be extracted from the transcript. In accordancewith block 214, the keywords can be ranked (or re-ranked) based onnumber of factors (e.g., a given keyword might be given priority overanother keyword to a particular advertising opportunity based on afactor such as how much the advertisers paid for their respectivekeywords, based upon how much the advertisers pay for user traffic,etc.). In accordance with block 216, advertisements are selected basedon information derived in any or all of the preceding steps. Forexample, ads are illustratively selected and assigned based on adetermined applicability to a particular keyword, keyword ranking, topicchapter, speaker, etc.

In one embodiment, when ads are actually displayed or otherwisepresented to a user during presentation of the corresponding video clip,the ads transition automatically to match the current status of thevideo output. For example, in one embodiment, the ads changeautomatically when a conversation in the video moves from one topic toanother, or from one speaker to another, etc.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram demonstrating an embodiment of thedescribed advertisement selection process. This diagram makes it clearthat, in one embodiment, an advertisement selection component 304 can beconfigured to select advertisements 306 based on a received videotranscript and/or any supplemental analysis data. Further, as isdemonstrated by block 308, the selection process can be configured totake other factors into account in the ad selection process and/or thead display transition process. Such other factors can include, but arenot limited to, keyword considerations, keyword ranking considerations,monetary considerations, the number of speakers, the gender of speakers,the location of the speakers, etc. Any combination of these and/or anyother factors can be utilized as a basis for selecting ads for displayduring presentation of the video and/or as a basis for transitioningbetween ads during presentation of the video.

FIG. 4 is an example screen shot 400. Screen shot is one example of whata user display configured to support embodiments of the presentinvention might look like. In particular, screen shot 400 is configuredto output advertising material that is closely tailored to the contentof a simultaneously displayed video. Screen shot 400 displays the videowithin an area 402.

Within an area 404, a transcript (i.e., textual representation ofrecognized speech content) that corresponds to the video displayed inarea 402 is displayed. In one embodiment, advertising material isincorporated into area 404 based on the content of the video. Forexample, words within the transcript may appear as hyperlinks that canbe navigated by the user in order to access advertiser-sponsoredcontent. As has been described in relation to other Figures,advertisements promoted within area 404 are illustratively selectedbased on content characteristics of the video shown within area 402.

More traditional advertisements such as, but not limited to, banner andclassified style ads are illustratively displayed within an area 406. Ashas been described in relation to other Figures, advertisements promotedwithin area 406 are illustratively selected based on contentcharacteristics of the video shown within area 402.

Access to additional video clips is provided within an area 412. Videosand/or commercials promoted within area 406 are illustratively selectedbased on content characteristics of the video shown within area 402. Inone embodiment, as has been described, advertisements incorporated intosections 404, 406 412, or elsewhere within the display are selected andpresented so as to be relevant to the subject matter content of thevideo displayed in area 402. For example, if the video is related tosurgery, then displayed ads will illustratively also be related tosurgery.

Other information about the video can also be displayed. For example,screen shot 400 includes an indicator 408 that shows when variousspeakers are speaking during the video. Indicator 408 assigns a color toeach speaker (e.g., speaker 0, speaker 2, speaker 3 and speaker 4).Indicator shows, through corresponding color-coded blocks, who speaksover the course of the entire video clip. Similarly, indicator 410provides, on a color-coded basis, an overview of the topics discussedduring the course of the entire video clip. The user can illustrativelyclick anywhere on either of indicators 408 and 410 in order to “jump” toa different point in the video clip, for example, if they are interestedin a particular speaker or topic. As has been alluded to, advertisementsmay automatically change within area 404, 406, 412 or elsewhere in thedisplay depending upon which segment of indicator 408 and/or 410 iscurrently being displayed in area 402.

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration demonstrating how ads are assigned todifferent video chapters (e.g., different topics, different speakers,etc.). As is shown in FIG. 5, different advertisements are assigned todifferent related video segments over time. The ads transition from oneto the next dynamically as the video progresses through the variouschapters. For example, as the chapter 1 video is displayed, one or moreads 1 are displayed alongside. When the chapter 2 video is displayed,the ads are dynamically updated and a different set of advertisements,denoted as ads 2, is displayed. The display of ads is illustrativelyautomatically updated for each chapter of video that is currentlydisplayed.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a suitable computing system environment600 in which embodiments may be implemented. The computing systemenvironment 600 is only one example of a suitable computing environmentand is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use orfunctionality of the claimed subject matter. Neither should thecomputing environment 600 be interpreted as having any dependency orrequirement relating to any one or combination of components illustratedin the exemplary operating environment 600.

Embodiments are operational with numerous other general purpose orspecial purpose computing system environments or configurations.Examples of well-known computing systems, environments, and/orconfigurations that may be suitable for use with various embodimentsinclude, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers,hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems,microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumerelectronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, telephonysystems, distributed computing environments that include any of theabove systems or devices, and the like.

Embodiments have been described herein in the general context ofcomputer-executable instructions, such as program modules, beingexecuted by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines,programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that performparticular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.Embodiments can be practiced in distributed computing environments wheretasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked througha communications network. In a distributed computing environment,program modules can be located on both (or either) local and remotecomputer storage media including memory storage devices.

With reference to FIG. 6, an exemplary system for implementing someembodiments includes a general-purpose computing device in the form of acomputer 610. Components of computer 610 may include, but are notlimited to, a processing unit 620, a system memory 630, and a system bus621 that couples various system components including the system memoryto the processing unit 620.

Computer 610 typically includes a variety of computer readable media.Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessedby computer 610 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media,removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and notlimitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage mediaand communication media. Computer storage media includes volatile andnonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any methodor technology for storage of information such as computer readableinstructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computerstorage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flashmemory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD)or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape,magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any othermedium which can be used to store the desired information and which canbe accessed by computer 610. Communication media typically embodiescomputer readable instructions, data structures, program modules orother data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or othertransport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. Theterm “modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of itscharacteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode informationin the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communicationmedia includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wiredconnection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and otherwireless media. Combinations of any of the above should also be includedwithin the scope of computer readable media.

The system memory 630 includes computer storage media in the form ofvolatile and/or nonvolatile memory such as read only memory (ROM) 631and random access memory (RAM) 632. A basic input/output system 633(BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer informationbetween elements within computer 610, such as during start-up, istypically stored in ROM 631. RAM 632 typically contains data and/orprogram modules that are immediately accessible to and/or presentlybeing operated on by processing unit 620. By way of example, and notlimitation, FIG. 6 illustrates operating system 634, applicationprograms 635, other program modules 636, and program data 637.Applications 635 are shown as including any or all of components 104,108, 112 and 120, which are described in relation to FIG. 1. Any or allof data 102, 106, 122, 109 and 110 can also be stored within the systemmemory. This is but one example of a possible implementation.

The computer 610 may also include other removable/non-removablevolatile/nonvolatile computer storage media. By way of example only,FIG. 6 illustrates a hard disk drive 641 that reads from or writes tonon-removable, nonvolatile magnetic media, a magnetic disk drive 651that reads from or writes to a removable, nonvolatile magnetic disk 652,and an optical disk drive 655 that reads from or writes to a removable,nonvolatile optical disk 656 such as a CD ROM or other optical media.Other removable/non-removable, volatile/nonvolatile computer storagemedia that can be used in the exemplary operating environment include,but are not limited to, magnetic tape cassettes, flash memory cards,digital versatile disks, digital video tape, solid state RAM, solidstate ROM, and the like. The hard disk drive 641 is typically connectedto the system bus 621 through a non-removable memory interface such asinterface 640, and magnetic disk drive 651 and optical disk drive 655are typically connected to the system bus 621 by a removable memoryinterface, such as interface 650.

The drives and their associated computer storage media discussed aboveand illustrated in FIG. 6, provide storage of computer readableinstructions, data structures, program modules and other data for thecomputer 610. In FIG. 6, for example, hard disk drive 641 is illustratedas storing operating system 644, application programs 645, other programmodules 646, and program data 647. Note that these components can eitherbe the same as or different from operating system 634, applicationprograms 635, other program modules 636, and program data 637. Operatingsystem 644, application programs 645, other program modules 646, andprogram data 647 are given different numbers here to illustrate that, ata minimum, they are different copies. Applications 645 are shown asincluding any or all of components 104, 108, 112 and 120, which aredescribed in relation to FIG. 1. Any or all of data 102, 106, 122, 109and 110 can also be stored with component 641. This is but one exampleof a possible implementation.

A user may enter commands and information into the computer 610 throughinput devices such as a keyboard 662 and a pointing device 661, such asa mouse, trackball or touch pad. Other input devices (not shown) mayinclude a joystick, game pad, microphone, satellite dish, scanner, orthe like. These and other input devices are often connected to theprocessing unit 620 through a user input interface 660 that is coupledto the system bus, but may be connected by other interface and busstructures, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus(USB). A monitor 691 or other type of display device is also connectedto the system bus 621 via an interface, such as a video interface 690.In addition to the monitor, computers may also include other peripheraloutput devices such as speakers 697 and printer 696, which may beconnected through an output peripheral interface 695.

The computer 610 is operated in a networked environment using logicalconnections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer680. The logical connection depicted in FIG. 6 is a wide area network(WAN) 673, but may also or instead include other networks. Computer 610includes a modem 672 or other means for establishing communications overthe WAN 673, such as the Internet. The modem 672, which may be internalor external, may be connected to the system bus 621 via the user-inputinterface 660, or other appropriate mechanism. Remote computer 680 isshown as operating remote applications 685. Applications 685 are shownas including any or all of components 104, 108, 112 and 120, which aredescribed in relation to FIG. 1. Any or all of data 102, 106, 122, 109and 110 can also be remotely stored. This is but one example of apossible implementation.

It is worth mentioning that the scope of the present invention is broadenough to encompass the selection and assignment of advertising materialbased on any audio content derived from a video clip. With reference toFIG. 1, a specific embodiment was described wherein a speech recognitioncomponent 104 analyzes video data 102 and derives corresponding speechrecognition data 106. It is to be understood that the scope of thepresent invention is not limited to speech recognition and speechrecognition components per se. Component 104 can be any type of audioanalysis component capable of producing a collection of data 106 (basedon the audio content of video data 102) upon which assumptions can bemade to support component 108 in making selections of advertisingmaterial. For example, component 104 may just as easily be configured toperform another type of audio analysis that produces a different basisfor the selection of advertising material. For example, the selection ofadvertisements can be based on an identification of sounds that occurwithin video data 102 (e.g., a sound of a tennis ball hitting a racket,a sound of a lion roaring, etc.), an identification of a type of music(e.g., country music, church music, etc.), or another other type ofclassification of audio information.

In reference to FIG. 5, an embodiment was described wherein theinitiation and/or termination of a presentation of an advertisement istimed to coincide with the initiation and/or termination of an event(e.g., a so-called “chapter”) within the video clip, as determined basedon analysis of the audio information. It is to be understood that thepresent invention is not limited to any particular type of event orevents within the video clip that trigger such transitions. For example,a transition can be triggered based on a transition between speakers,between groups of speakers, between topics of conversation, or based onany other audio oriented event (e.g., a particular sound, the start ofmusic, etc.) that is determinable by an audio analysis component.

In reference to FIG. 4, a display embodiment was described wherein barssuch as bars 408 and 410 can be provided to provide a visual indicationof how the video displayed in area 402 has been broken down based onaudio analysis (e.g., based on transitions between speakers, betweensubject matter topics, etc.). In one embodiment, the user is able toadjust the granularity these types of bars included in the display. Forexample, the user can illustrative provide input that causes bar 410 to“zoom in” its focus (e.g., include more subject matter topic divisionsthat are more specific in nature) or “zoom out” its focus (e.g., includefewer subject matter topic divisions that are broader or less specificin nature). In one embodiment, advertisements are assignable to any ofthe identified sub-components. In one embodiment, preferences areimplemented (e.g., by ad presentation component 112) that dictate whatadvertisement is displayed when there is a conflict between two adsbased on a selected level of granularity. For example, when bar 410 iszoomed out to its maximum scope of granularity, an ad associated withone of the broadest identified categories may be given preference (e.g.,in terms of what gets displayed) over an ad associated with a narrowcategory that is not identified as a category in relation to bar 410.Or, if there is no ad associated with the broadest identified category,the system may default to ads associated with the next level down interms of the currently selected level of granularity. Of course, bar 408and any other similar display component can be configured to operatesimilarly in terms of implementing adjustable granularity. Those skilledin the art will appreciate that there are many ways to implementadvertisement selection and display within a system with adjustablegranularity as described. The scope of the present invention is notlimited to any of the examples provided herein. It is within the scopeof the present invention that granularity be adjustable, and that,through adjustments to the granularity, the user may be given thecontrol to adjust how and when (and/or which) they are shownadvertisements.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific tostructural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understoodthat the subject matter defined in the appended claims is notnecessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above.Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed asexample forms of implementing the claims.

1. A computer-implemented method of displaying advertisements, themethod comprising: receiving a video clip; processing an audio portionof the video clip so as to divide the video clip into different chaptersbased on keywords included in the audio portion; ranking advertisementsfor each of the different chapters based on the keywords; utilizing aprocessor that is a component of a computer to re-rank theadvertisements for each of the different chapters based on a secondfactor; assigning one of the advertisements to each of the differentchapters based on the advertisement re-ranking; and displaying anindication of the one of the advertisements during a simultaneousdisplay of the corresponding chapter of the video clip.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein processing an audio portion of the video clip so as todivide the video clip into different chapters further comprisesprocessing the audio portion so as to divide the video clip into a firstchapter and a second chapter based on an identified transition betweentwo subject matter topics.
 3. The method of claim 1, further comprisingidentifying a subject matter transition between the different chapters.4. The method of claim 3, wherein dividing the video clip into differentchapters further comprises dividing the video clip into the differentchapters based on the subject matter transition.
 5. The method of claim1, further comprising identifying a transition between speakers.
 6. Themethod of claim 5, wherein dividing the video clip into differentchapters further comprises dividing the video clip into the differentchapters based on the transition between speakers.
 7. The method ofclaim 1, further comprising displaying a textual transcript of at leastsome of the audio portion of the video clip while the video clip isbeing displayed.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying anindication of the one of the advertisements further compriseshyperlinking at least one keyword contained within the textualtranscript.
 9. A system comprising: a speech recognition component thatprocesses an audio portion of a video signal to generate a transcriptionof the audio portion; a processor that is a component of a computer thatutilizes an advertisement selection component to select an advertisementfrom a collection of advertising material based on a keyword included inthe transcription; and a display component that simultaneously displaysvideo corresponding to the video signal and text corresponding to thetranscription, the text including at least one hyperlink that links thekeyword to the selected advertisement.
 10. The system of claim 9,wherein when the advertisement selection component selects theadvertisement from the collection of advertisement material it does soas a function of a speaker identified as speaking during the audioportion of the video clip.
 11. The system of claim 9, wherein theadvertisement selects the advertisement in response to a determinationthat the keyword is a word to which the advertisement is to be assigned.12. The system of claim 9, wherein when the advertisement selectioncomponent selects the advertisement from the collection of advertisementmaterial it does so as a function of a monetary value of a word in thetranscription identified as being the keyword.
 13. Acomputer-implemented method of displaying advertisements, the methodcomprising: receiving a video clip; processing an audio portion of thevideo clip so as to divide the video clip into different chapters;ranking advertisements for each of the different chapters; assigning aparticular one of the advertisements to a particular one of thedifferent chapters based on the advertisement ranking; and displayingthe particular advertisement during a simultaneous display of theparticular chapter of the video clip.
 14. The method of claim 13,wherein assigning the particular advertisement to the particular chaptercomprises assigning based in part on a function that accounts for anidentity of a speaker.
 15. The method of claim 13, wherein assigning theparticular advertisement to the particular chapter comprises assigningbased in part on a function that accounts for an identity of a speaker.16. The method of claim 13, wherein assigning the particularadvertisement to the particular chapter comprises assigning based inpart on a function that accounts for an identification of a personspeaking during the particular chapter.
 17. The method of claim 13,wherein assigning the particular advertisement comprises assigning basedin part on a function that accounts for distinguishing between speakers.18. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the particularadvertisement comprises displaying a hyperlink to the advertisement andnot displaying the advertisement until the hyperlink is selected. 19.The method of claim 13, wherein ranking advertisements for each of thedifferent chapters comprises ranking based on a keyword model.
 20. Themethod of claim 19, wherein ranking advertisements comprises rankingbased on keywords included in each of the different chapters.